Tiruchirappalli (East) Assembly Election 2016

Current Trend

Tiruchirappalli – East legislative assembly election 2016 seat will witness a straight fight between DMK & AIADMK. Other parties that may influence the voters are BJP, BSP, RJD and ABHM.

In the last assembly elections in 2011, this assembly segment had given the AIADMK a good lead. The current MLA of the constituency is R. Manoharan from AIADMK. However, the situation in 2016 assembly election is completely different from the last assembly election.

The DMK, banking on the anti-incumbency factor of the ruling AIADMK has made significant impact on the voters of this constituency. The AIADMK is holding on to its ground with its slew of welfare schemes. It is difficult predict the outcome of the polls for which different categories of people will decide the verdict.

Tiruchirappalli-East Assembly Election Candidates List and Results

Name of the Candidate

Party Name

Results

Natarajan .N.

AIADMK

Won79938

Jerome Arockiaraj .G.

INC

58044

Dr. Rohaiyaah Shaik Mohamed

MDMK

9694

Rajaiyan .T.

BJP

7210

None of the Above

None of the Above

4329

Prabu .R.

Naam Tamilar Katchi

4033

Sridhar .B.

PMK

1866

Raja .K.

TVK

483

Srinivasan .G.

IND

293

Jaikumar .N

NCP

280

Venkatesan .V.

Vidiyalai Thedum Indhiyargal Party

183

Robert Christy .J.

PPI (S)

162

Saravana Kumar .K.

IND

161

Jayanthi Mala .S.

RPI

106

Ramnath Rajan .P.

IND

104

Ganesan .M.

IND

99

Electoral History and Background

Tiruchirappalli – I Assembly Constituency has been renamed as Tiruchirappalli East after the constituency delimitations 2008. In 2011 R. Manoharan of AIADMK won this seat.

According to the 2001 census, Tiruchirappalli East had a population of 849,604 with 419,482 males and 430,122 females or 1025 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 83.31.